Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica)

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Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica)

The rough, blackish clam lying in the sand might not catch your eye – until you learn it could be older than Shakespeare. The Ocean Quahog, Arctica islandica, is a humble-looking bivalve that holds the record as the longest-lived animal ever recorded (not counting colonial organisms). One specimen, nicknamed “Ming,” was discovered to be 507 years old

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